121Reach

Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a great holiday season . With the new year come new things in store for 121Reach! This semester, we’ve made a few changes regarding both tutors and tutees that we believe will help tutoring run even more smoothly and be even more fun!

Tutors:

The first change we’ve made is the tutor contract. Instead of the usual paper contract that tutors sign and turn in, we are now using an electronic contract! All tutors have to do is open up the contract on their computers, read through it, type their electronic signature, and click submit! This is not only more efficient for both tutors and 121Reach staff, but this also saves a great amount of paper We’ve also changed a few of the guidelines in the contract. These include:

1. Tutors are now required to give just a 24 hour absence notification rather than 48 hours.

2. We included some tips about what tutors should do with their tutees after they’re done tutoring.
For the new contract, go to http://121reach.org/register/tutor/

Tutees:
We have two major changes this semester for tutees. The first is that we will be having more events! A big part of 121Reach is the bonding experience between tutors and tutees, therefore, we have decided to give tutees more opportunities to have fun while bonding with their mentors. Some of the events we have coming up are Letters to Michelle Obama, Movie Day, a Picnic, and another Game Day!

The second change we have made regarding tutees is the Tutor Treat Exchange policy. In another effort to build relationships between tutors and tutees, tutors and tutees will now bring treats for each other instead of 121Reach staff providing treats for tutors. With this new policy, the treat exchange will become much more personal and meaningful.

Parents:
In order to increase parent awareness of what exactly goes on during tutoring and what is expected of each child, we have developed a list of tutee guidelines which spells out behavioral expectations for tutees. For this form, click here.

In addition, we are implementing Reach Reports! A Reach Report is a folder that each tutor/tutee pair uses to record what was worked on each day at tutoring. Upon request, parents have access to their child’s Reach Report to be aware of their child’s strengths, weaknesses, behavior, etc at 121reach.

Check back often for more updates and news about 121Reach in 2010 and visit our photos page for pictures of the Holiday Party!

by Lydia A.